Ever walked along the coastline and wondered about all of those plants, seaweed and seafood? Are they edible? How do you harvest them? How do you positively identify them? Are you allowed to collect them?

Join expert forager Diego Bonetto on a 2.5 hour workshop learning the what, where and how of collecting a meal from the seashore.

Diego is an edible weed advocate renowned for his offering of urban foraging workshops. Building on the knowledge acquired while growing up on a farm in Italy, Diego introduces people to the ever-present food and medicine plants that surround us. He collaborates extensively with chefs, herbalists, environmentalists and cultural workers promoting a new understanding of what the environment has to offer. Diego is the author of the best-selling book Eat Weeds: A Guide to Foraging in Australia.

WHAT WILL WE DO?
We will take a walk along Turimetta Beach and learn about coastal wild food, seaside plants, edible seaweeds and their uses from an indigenous and cosmopolitan perspective.

We will touch on issues of legal restrictions, ecology and fragility of ecosystems, stewardship and care for the land and sea.

This is an informative workshop designed to empower people with identification skills. Participants will receive material on the day and follow up links so as to progress with their own research.

The knowledge is old and widespread and this learning experience will empower participants by giving them a chance to meet, touch, smell and even taste the plants and seaweeds.  Always eat in small amounts as a start.

Please dress for the weather and bring your camera and notebook if you wish to retain the information. We time this workshop to coincide with low tide however, venturing onto the rock platform can be slippery and will depend on wave conditions.

As part of the workshop, you will be issued with a booklet detailing the most common edibles of the Sydney Basin and notes on edible seaweeds. You will also receive follow-up information about the plants we actually talk about in the workshop.

Please note this workshop is not ideal for less mobile people as we will walk down a steep escarpment to get to the beach.

Sea Edibles Foraging Workshop Turimetta Beach Tickets, Sun 10/12/2023 at 10:00 am | Eventbrite

PLACES ARE LIMITED TO 18 PERSONS PLEASE BOOK IN ADVANCE. COST IS $60 FOR NON-PNB MEMBERS AND $55 FOR PNB MEMBERS.

THIS WIL BE FOLLOWED BY A PICNIC AT THE BEACH at 12:30 TO CELEBRATE THE END OF 2023 AND ALL THINGS PERMACULTURE.